Health and Safety Assistant

Greater Manchester

Hours of Work: 35

Salary: 26 870

Closing Date: 25th August 2025

Interviews: 1st September 2025

At MSV Housing were committed to keeping our people safe and our Health and Safety Assistant is key to making this happen.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to join our established team. Were looking for a proactive and organised Health & Safety Assistant to join our team and help deliver effective health and safety arrangements across MSV. Reporting to the Health and Safety Manager you will work closely with the Health & Safety Manager and Assistant Advisor to support the implementation of our annual action plan and contribute to maintaining a positive safety culture throughout the organisation. people and communities.

What will our Health and Safety Assistant do;

• Assist the Health & Safety team with day-to-day admin tasks including inbox monitoring meeting minutes and maintaining statutory records.
• Support the coordination of audits inspections risk assessments and ensure databases and records are kept up to date.
• Track accidents incidents near misses and support RIDDOR processes and insurance claim administration.
• Help plan and coordinate H&S training maintain accurate training records and support the administration of the lone working system.
• Monitor and manage first aid supplies PPE and fire alarm testing ensuring compliance with statutory obligations.
• Liaise with managers on warning markers new starters/leavers and assist in preparing H&S performance reports and updating internal platforms.

What we are looking for;

• Good Standard of education with minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent
• Experience of supporting a team with administrative tasks
• Effective at solving problems
• Ability to work pro-actively and under own initiative
• Collaborative and supportive approach
• Excellent attention to details
• A high level of self motivation and time management skills

We offer a range of great benefits including:

• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and a holiday a buy scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions
• Company funded access to a health cash plan where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical dental and much more.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay
• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme free counselling mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives
• Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career
• Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism LGBTQ disability and long-term health conditions carers and menopause.

MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.

MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.

For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role.

If you wish to discuss the roles informally please contact Sian Leighton Director of of Strategy and Inclusive Culture 0

Interviews are scheduled to take on 1st September 2025 however interviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.

Were passionate about inclusion and wed love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.

If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.

We own and manage almost 9000 homes across Greater Manchester Lancashire and West Yorkshire and pride ourselves on being a housing association that retains our original values and missions and continues to deliver a range of housing solutions to the most vulnerable in MSV our main priority has and always will be to deliver and build on the services we provide as a social values embrace equality and inclusion and are genuinely focussed on people. We want better life chances for our people we work with customers to strengthen our business and we want to see fewer homeless people and people in poverty.